Waste receiver for vacuum cleaners



Patented June 4, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE B. OWEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW' YORK.

WASTE RECEIVER FOR VACUUM CLEANERS.

My invention rclates'to certain neiv and useful improvements in devices for facilitating the emptying of vacuum cleaner bags, whereby the dust along` With the dirt will be properly trapped and not allowed to escape into the room during the emptying process.

In the drawings- Fig. 1 is a side elevation on a reduced scale of my device as in use, said view being` partly broken away and in section;

Fig. 2 is a relatively enlarged view in section of a modification. n

1 conventionally represents the usual Vacuum cleaner bag, the open end of which is usually provided with a flexible ring-like reinforcement 2. Then such bags are removed from the vacuum cleaner, they contain a large quantity of finely divided dust-like material, as Well as the heavier particles of refuse that the machine has picked up. in the emptying of such bags, the lighter particles of dust frequently escape. To prevent this, I provide an improved device, into which the contents of the bag may be transferred Without allowing the dust to esca-pe. 3 represents a receptacle such .as a long, deep can having an open end of approximately the size of the open end of the bag 1. 4 represents a ring, which is detachably connected With the open end of the receptacle 3. In Fig.- 1 this ring l is adapted to slide into the receptacle, Whereas in the modification shown in Fig. 2, the ring la is adapted to slide onto the receptacle 3u. Means are provided for connecting the open end of the bag to the ring l or da, as the case may be. ln both forms I have shown a preferable fastening means, the same being` a series of .spring snap fasteners, such as used on gloves, one part 5 of each snap fastener being carried by the ring', the complementary part 6 being carried on the outside of the bag above the reinforcement 2. These fasteners are .so spaced as to permit the user to very easily and quickly secure the bag 1 to the ring With the mouth inside the ring whereby, when the parts are assembled as shown in Fig. 1, the dust or dirt in the bag 1 may be shaken quickly and freely into the receptacle 3 Without danger of dust escaping. If'desired, the ring 4 may be locked to the receptacle 3 by any suitable means such as a so called bayonet lock, in which 7 represents the slot and 8 the pin or projection coacting therewith. The snap fasteners which l have shown herein illustrate a preferable form of two-part fastener that may be successfully employed, one part eing carried by the bag and the other part by the ring, where the ring is detachable from the bag.

lt should be understood that various inedilications may be made Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What l claim is:

1. lin a device of the character described, a waste receiving receptacle open at one end, a ring detachably connected to the open end, with means for detachably securing the open end of a vacuum cleaner bag to .said ring, said means being carried partly by the ring and partly by the bag.

2. ln a device of the character described, a Waste receiving receptacle open at one end, a ring detachably connected to the open end, with means for detach ably securing the open end of a vacuum cleaner bag to said ring, said means comprising a series of spring snap fasteners, the complementary parts thereof being' carried by the ring and bag respectively.

GEORGE B. OWEN. 

